EBMT vs. MPB, GCBC, CBNK, VBNK, TCBX, UNTY, HIVE, YRD, LSAK, and BSVN
Should you be buying Eagle Bancorp Montana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eagle Bancorp Montana include Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), Capital Bancorp (CBNK), VersaBank (VBNK), Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX), Unity Bancorp (UNTY), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), Yiren Digital (YRD), Lesaka Technologies (LSAK), and Bank7 (BSVN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Eagle Bancorp Montana vs.
Eagle Bancorp Montana (NASDAQ:EBMT) and Mid Penn Bancorp (NASDAQ:MPB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
35.7% of Eagle Bancorp Montana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.1% of Mid Penn Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Eagle Bancorp Montana shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Mid Penn Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Mid Penn Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Eagle Bancorp Montana. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Mid Penn Bancorp and 1 mentions for Eagle Bancorp Montana. Mid Penn Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Eagle Bancorp Montana's score of 0.47 indicating that Mid Penn Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Eagle Bancorp Montana has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mid Penn Bancorp has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Eagle Bancorp Montana presently has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential downside of 11.48%. Mid Penn Bancorp has a consensus target price of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.05%. Given Mid Penn Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mid Penn Bancorp is more favorable than Eagle Bancorp Montana.
Eagle Bancorp Montana received 50 more outperform votes than Mid Penn Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.65% of users gave Mid Penn Bancorp an outperform vote while only 43.35% of users gave Eagle Bancorp Montana an outperform vote.
Mid Penn Bancorp has a net margin of 16.06% compared to Eagle Bancorp Montana's net margin of 7.03%. Mid Penn Bancorp's return on equity of 8.34% beat Eagle Bancorp Montana's return on equity.
Eagle Bancorp Montana pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Mid Penn Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Eagle Bancorp Montana pays out 52.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mid Penn Bancorp pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Eagle Bancorp Montana has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Eagle Bancorp Montana is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Mid Penn Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Eagle Bancorp Montana. Mid Penn Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eagle Bancorp Montana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Mid Penn Bancorp beats Eagle Bancorp Montana on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:EBMT) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
